Research Centres are based within the faculties. They are regularly subject to external assessment exercises by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), in which their ratings have been very good or excellent.

• Cardinal Hoeffner Centre for the Study of Religions and Cultures (CERC)
• Católica Lisbon Research Unit in Business and Economics  (CUBE)
• Católica Research Centre For The Future of Law (CEID)
•  Centre for Interdisciplinary Health Research (CIIS)
• Centre for the Study of Religious History (CEHR) 
• Centre for the Study of Communication and Cultures (CECC)
• Centre for the Study of Philosophy (CEFi) 
• Centre for the Study of Portuguese-speaking Peoples and Cultures (CEPCEP)

• Institute for Political Studies Research Centre (CIEP)